Yes, the clean-up continues!
I just spent the last 20 minutes or so trying to clear up comment and trackback spam here at ShaiCoggins.com. Well, I suppose that wasn’t too bad. I’ve had worse days where I ended up clearing thousands of blog spam for hours.
But, I decided that I’ve had enough. I really could use every extra minute I can find in life, so 20 minutes is a lot to lose.
I’ve been going back and forth with this idea of turning off Trackback capability here at ShaiCoggins.com for a few months now. One of the things that was stopping me was the fact that I used this blog as a way to help other people learn trackbacks. But, since that was ages ago and the original About.com article that led to that blog post is now offline, it shouldn’t be an issue anymore. And, considering how little ‘real trackbacks’ this blog is getting, it’s just not worth the time and effort to maintain it. So yep - that’s gone now. Hopefully, this means reclaiming a few hours a year of my time!
Other things that I’ve done recently to become more time efficient, especially with my online work:
- Turning off ‘comment notification’ in some of my blogs that are retired and/or no longer active.
- Re-directing some emails to my non-working email addresses.
- Trying to stay on the web with my work - so documents, files and other information may be accessible anywhere. Yes, even when I have to stay in bed or work remotely. Yep. the beauty of having wireless Internet connection!
As I slowly adjust back to working primarily from home while operating a global business, I’m learning more and more about ways to cut-back on the mess and increase productive time.
And hey, I’m even learning from b5’s CEO, Jeremy Wright, about Life Management now that he’s creating an online course on this via his blog.
Anyway, I hope to be able to share with you some more tools and tips that I’m using, in case anyone’s interested. 
Lookie here - working remotely at the Regatta a few weeks ago.
That was just after I went to the city for a pre-natal check-up
and I had to wait for my husband to take me back home because
he had a conference to go to.
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Sasha 03.24.07 at 10:43 am
Perhaps you can think about owning a Blackberry, too. Heehee.
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Heather 03.25.07 at 9:54 am
Well, how I’d love to be wireless as well. Looks like the clean up was something you needed to do.
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Shai Coggins 03.27.07 at 5:38 pm
Sasha: Too many things in my ‘gadget wish list’ - not enough money to get everything.
And yep, this clean-up process is definitely a necessary evil! 
Heather: Here’s hoping for some wireless wishes your way…
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Connie 03.28.07 at 9:40 am
That slice of cake looks yummy. What is it??
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Shai Coggins 04.22.07 at 4:59 pm
Connie: It was Tiramisu. And yes, very yummy.
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